Re: Gadgets and office security

From: Bill Gunshannon (bill_at_cs.uofs.edu)
Date: 11/17/05


Date: 17 Nov 2005 17:17:10 GMT

In article <437C6A30.3570.1AA34DA6@localhost>,
        "Stanley F. Quayle" <squayle@insight.rr.com> writes:
> On 17 Nov 2005 at 14:26, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> I was just looking at the specs for a bunch of thin clients and
>> all of them had ports (USB, serial, parallel) available to the
>> user so I guess they aren't the answer either.
>
> The computers in one classified environment I visited had their
> "extra" ports filled with epoxy so something can't be plugged in
> "accidentally".

Not surprising, but like I said, I know one place personally that
if you bring it in it stays in. That memory sticks, CDR media,
floppies and yes, even cell phones!! I would hate to think what
they would do if you snuck something like a wireless PDA past the
door. :-)

bill

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